 I'm the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man and I'm here to read the funnies to you happy boys and honey yes boys and girls it's comic weekly time and here I come right into your house to bring a little fun and happiness right out of the pages of pop the comic weekly straight into your living room your friend the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man well a little miss honey how are you today oh I'm just fine too but you know there's one question in my mind are you working real hard in school well I'm glad to hear that because it won't be long now before the school year will be over yes and that means it isn't long until examination time and that'll be your last chance to improve your marks this year fine I can see you want to get good marks that's right it tells you how well you remember what you study well I'm glad to know that you're working real hard but the comic weekly very well I'll read that in just a moment but before I do let's listen to this nice man now here we go with pop the comic weekly and on the first page of the first section under bringing up father beetle Bailey magic words for the music please very well my lady toot me a toot and tweet me a tweedle squeeze our music for Bailey the beetle half the guys in camp have been issued passes permitting them to go to town but beetle and killer have to stay at camp they're walking over to the camp service club beetle complains why won't they give us all passes to town killer replies or half of us are gonna stay here for the security of the post they start to cross the road just as a car approaches but the fellows pay no attention the driver swerves off the road to avoid hitting them and crashes into a telephone pole last picture top row they're in the service club washroom beetle who's finished washing his hands turns his back on the running faucet do you really think the camp would be in danger if we want here killer suddenly exclaims hey you left your horse it on the waters running all over the floor first picture bottom row they're relaxing on a sofa in the service club killer is saying you know if we weren't on duty anything might happen beetle empties his pipe in the wastebasket well it's good to know we're here for some useful purpose suddenly beetle here's the club host the shouting looks around to see the wastebasket on fire he and killer dash for the fire extinguisher it's a good I turn on the fire extinguisher the chemical squirts out all over the room last picture beetle and killer have been brought before the sergeant by the military police the sergeant is saying here's two passes now get going but what about the security of the post the military police answers that's why we're giving you the tool passes and I think I agree with the officer everything is safer around the camp of beetle sent off the town nothing is safe with him around now let's see what's happening to Peter Pan turn over the page go past little iodine across page three past Prince Val turn over that page and here on page four is Peter Pan and you remember that captain play that's right last week the pirates captured all the children and then the package down the hollow tree I wouldn't be a bit surprised because captain hook wants to get rid of Peter Pan well let's read and find out here we go with Peter Pan say the magic words with me pirates Peter Pan whisk up music for never never land unaware that Wendy and the boys have been seized by the pirates Peter examines the mysterious package left by captain hook he finds a note on the package to Peter with love from Wendy do not open till six o'clock little tinkerbell who had been captured by captain hook that made a prisoner in a small lantern listens as the pirates bring the children aboard the ship she sees the children tied to the main mess then she sees captain hook take out a book and hold out a pen and say to the children now me hearties the choice is up to you sign up for the crew or walk the plank last picture top row when the answers proudly captain hook we'll not join your crew Peter Pan will save us the pirates roar with laughter second picture bottom row captain hook walks over to Wendy and bows before her pardon me my dear but you're not in there no little joke you see we left a present for Peter the captain's man smeared yeah I saw the surprise package yes indeed my dear it contains a device set for six o'clock when Peter Pan will be blasted out of Neverland forever last picture tinkerbell hears hooks dreadful words she frantically hurls herself against her glass prison trying to escape yes you were right and Peter was sitting so do I maybe we'll find out about that next week I'll look across the page there's Roy Roger right Roy was hot on the trail of Sloan and a sidekick Pete and Pete looked over his shoulder and saw Roy approaching and warned snapper Sloan well let's read now and find out here we go with Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys I yep by oh now here we go with Roy and trigger a yep by oh snapper Sloan rains in a leaps off his horse he drags Pete's body off the road over to a rock and props it up against the rock overlooking the road sorry I had to knock your feet when I'm gonna use you to draw Rogers fire then I can catch him off guard at no risk a few minutes later Roy who is following the tracks comes around a bend he sees the figure in the shadow of the rock hey that looks like Sloan sidekick Pete guarding the trail trigger Roy fires Pete's hat flies off my feet doesn't fire back Roy dismounts cautiously approaches Pete last picture top row that's funny I didn't even try to hit him yet he seems groggy first picture bottom row Roy orders all right toss away your rifle Pete and start talking where snapper Sloan Pete who's coming to Rob says rifle and says I had come and back to me he conked me on the hay when he saw you were trailing us why at that moment snapper Sloan steps out for behind some bushes gun aimed at Roy's back because I needed Pete for bait to get the drop on you Rogers drop your guns Roy drops his gun and says well now before you put a slug into me how about spilling why you want to run the nesters out of the valley Sloan arm fences keep steers from grass and waterholes Rogers suddenly trigger who's behind Sloan rears up a knock Sloan over now Pete reaches for his rifle Roy gives the rifle a kick no you don't beat nice work trigger yes what a wonderful horse trigger is yes and now Roy kicked the gun out of his hands too I wonder if that means the situation well we'll find out about that next week now it's time for flash Gordon let's go to the very last page of the first section you bet he is he's encountered some space pirates who are under the leadership of the man named Mark who had captured Zarkov and Dale flash his friend well let's read and find out here we go with flash Gordon riga riga doon doon saskam a task let's have music for heroic flag zooming his rocket high over the pirate stronghold flash telecasts and ultimatum mark release Dale and Zarkov immediately or your base will be blasted off the face of the moon Mark's only answer is a burst of gunfire then Mark issues a command to his crew launch a pursuit rocket the pursuit craft roars into the air but this time the pirates are not attacking a clumsy helpless space freighter last circles with a swift change of course he blasts the pirate craft with a single lethal atom charge mark has seen what happened on his telescreen and enraged by the loss of his rocket ship mark broadcasts the grim threat this is my last warning Gordon land your rocket and surrender or you will never see Dale and Zarkov alive again picture bottom row flash stalls for time he pretends to follow Mark's orders he points his ship down toward the moon base and he says all right clear the rocket pit for my landing gliding toward the rocket pit last picture flash takes a desperate gamble changing course at the last moment he aims his craft at the thin shell of the moon station as far as possible from the area in which Dale and Zarkov a hell captain great for it he died there was a thunderous blast and a blinding flame as the rocket rips into the moon station and all is deathly quiet yes I can't think of anything more dangerous than that flash really took a chance I was thinking the same thing well that's something we'll find out next week now it's time for Dagwit and Blondie and I'll read them in just a moment but first here's that nice man again with something interesting to say now here we go again with Puck the comic weekly and on the first page of the second section Dagwood and Blondie very well my lady I'm a food I'm a fun Zim Zim Zambi conjure me music for Dagwood and Blondie Blondie and the kids have left the house for the afternoon last picture top row Dagwood is in the bathroom enjoying a soothing relaxing soak in the bath tub peace and quiet there's nothing so good for the nerves have to lie in a tub of steaming water and soak all the doorbell I'm in the tub but there's no answer oh dear Dagwood climbs out of the tub and opens the bathroom window sticks his head out first picture second row who's at the door voice floats it's mr. dithers Dagwood I have to talk to you about these blueprints at once a few minutes later second picture second row mr. dithers is sitting on a stool beside the bathtub showing Dagwood the blueprints we'll send that set and keep this in our files and Dagwood who's still in the bathtub answers yeah yeah that's the way I do it now if we can only figure out last picture second row Blondie comes to a fruit stand those delicious looking berries they'll be wonderful for canning yes ma'am they are and they look wonderful in jars first picture third row Blondie exclaims I want my husband to see them before I decide the barry man picks up two cartons of berries I'll deliver them personally messes bombstead second picture third row the barry man comes up to the bombstered house the door opens and mr. jithers comes out oh he's upstairs in the bathtub first door to your left thank you last picture third row the barry man appears in the door of the bathroom Dagwood looks up sees a bar of soap on the floor hey watch out for that so but it's too late oh dear and first picture bottom row the berries are all over the bathroom and the barry man is in the tub with Dagwood Dagwood looks around the room disgusting the barry man says sweetly where do you keep your broom I'll help you clean it up I'm not gonna clean it up I'm gonna get dressed and go to the movies an hour later Blondie back from shopping looks through the house for Dagwood he comes into the bathroom and she sees berries on the floor in the tub on the wall and on the ceiling and she goes I'm going to stay home and see what goes on around here while I'm away no he didn't and didn't Blondie look surprised when she saw her berries in the bathtub run the cold water out run the hot water in and make berry sauce in the bathtub now let's turn over the page and look on page three of the second section there's Donald Duck and I'll read your favorite favorite right away here we go with Donald Duckle play the magic words with me squeegem squeegem squeally chicka-chack let's have music it's a very rainy day Donald and his nephews come home and make a rush for the door but the door is locked and Donald can't find the key are you sure we had it when we left Louie says well and Huey explains it's not in the mailbox and do we says or under the mat and Louie says hey why don't you bust the window and spend 10 bucks not so right so Donald walks over to a tree that stands close to the house and starts to climb up he tries again but he can't make it with nephews give them a push and slowly Donald goes up and he crawls out along the branch and drops from the tree onto the roof last picture top row he reaches down and opens an upstairs window first picture bottom row he hangs under the ease oh boy oh boy hope I mess this and then swings himself through the window and lands on the floor so hard his head aches oh boy he staggers to his feet and weaves his way down the stairs his head aching harder with every step and then he stops in amazement for there in the house at the foot of the stairs stands Louie do we and Huey and do we holds up the key and triumph and says proudly Louie had it and Donald exclaimed yes that don't blame him for being angry yes well now let's turn over the page and see who's there yes on the very last page of the comic weekly and as you remember Dick is in the early days of America right but Dick's friend Jim Bowie had heard that the Mexicans under general Santa Anna were on their way to attack detections again well let's read now and find out here we go with Dick's adventures hey the magic words with me but regularly pack a sack of dick let's have music for adventurous dick from the Texas bluffs overlooking the Rio Grande River dick and Jim Bowie site general Santa Anna's advancing army some 4,000 strong Bowie says to dick all right dick we got to warn the other so we can prepare a defense past picture top row after a long hard ride they reach San Antonio learning the ominous news the fighters for Texas independence make an immediate decision to fight first picture second row general Sam Houston has saddled up and is ready to ride off to raise an army across Texas Bowie says to dick you better go with him dick nobody's got much of a chance here and then he adds grimly but I'm staying last picture second row dick looks over the assembled men he sees that Davey Crockett William Travis and about 200 others are also making no attempt Bowie draw might be able to slow Santa Anna down a bit until Sam Houston gets his army ready first picture bottom row Bowie turns a dick and says go ahead boy catch up with Sam Forge too late no if you're staying Jim I'm staying I'll stay in flight to last picture all that day and all through the night small band of defenders move ammunition and supply is behind the strong walls of the deserted mission of the Alamo as dawn breaks the dust of Santa Anna's approaching Ford is already rising above the nearby hill top that's right and 4,000 soldiers in the approaching Mexican Army yes Bowie said they're going to fight a delaying action that'll hold the Texans for a while while General Sam Houston can raise a big army I'm wondering the same thing we'll find out more about that next week but now look below Dick's adventure there's Rusty Riley that's right and when he got to the farm he found that there were two crooks on the place who had locked Miss Dooley up in the attic when the two crooks in town and the crooks decided it was time to leave the place and Trixie the girl who seems to be the boss of the two had told Mel who was posing as the hired man to take care of Rusty and Miss Dooley well let's read now and find out here we go with Rusty Riley gallop and run till the road is dusty give us music for his horse and Rusty Mel is put Miss Dooley in the backseat of the car first picture he tells Rusty all right get behind the wheel of that car kid and drive through the place I tell you I'll be in the backseat with a gun so don't get any ideas Collie you got poor Miss Dooley in there you shouldn't do this he's sick second picture Rusty's been directed to drive the car to a place out on the woods where a door opens to an underground room as Rusty stops the car he says what are we going to do here this is just an old spring house exactly and it's gonna be the permanent address of you and the old woman from now on Mel forces Rusty and Miss Dooley to get out of the car all right get in there Rusty and Miss Dooley go into the spring house last picture top rule Mel starts to close the door Rusty says she was miss you can't leave us locked up in this place miss Dooley she's awful sick she'll die yeah very sad but you shouldn't have been so nosy meanwhile first picture bottom row in the town of honey hollow the banker and Jim Woods have come to talk to the sheriff because they've been wondering why Miss Dooley hasn't been seen in town for some time the sheriff is saying you say you think something's wrong now to Dooley farm we better give me the facts and well it's it's really just a hunch here but I agree with Jim Woods that it wouldn't hurt to run out there now come on sure if I got my car outside short time later the sheriff and the two men are ringing Miss Dooley's doorbell where nobody answers the bell wait here I'm gonna take a look in the barn yeah there's surely ought to be somebody around a few minutes later the sheriff joins Jim and Sam at the house again nothing in the barn but two half-styled horses come on we're going in the house Jim Woods drives the door hey the door isn't locked they go into the house and find it a shamble good night look at this room looks like they made a quick getaway a turn to find oh why they go out of the house again rusty dog flip season runs about barking nervously last picture Jim Woods exclaims hey wait a minute that was with the boy who cast the check in my feedstool look he's sure acting funny am I but it's too bad they didn't get there a little sooner yes they would have but don't forget though they see Rusty's dog flip well let's hope he does we'll find out next week if that happens now that's all the time I had but before I go here's that nice fella with some more interesting information tell honey and all your boys and girls I've got to go now okay that's a date and a date with all your boys and girls be sure to meet me with our little friend miss honey next week when I read Puck the comic weekly for I'm the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man I'll be back to read the funnies to you happy boys and honey don't forget boys and girls see you all next week your friend the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man